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Wondering Woman's avatar

My best friend has always explained her fondness for “fuck” as being “a good Anglo-Saxon word”. Count me in.

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Jac Cabo's avatar

I'd take time to call it "insidious evil".

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Blue Man's avatar

I don't care for a lot of Politico's writing, but that history of the OBL operation was indeed excellent.

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MR.ZIMM's avatar

I agree with your friend, because it is one of the ultimate words of insult that is useful in so many situations ~ so generously made that why by those whoforbid it's use! Fuck 'em!

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Jac Cabo's avatar

"Corrupt" serves time well for "grifter"?

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Jac Cabo's avatar

Obama notified him ahead of time that he wouldn't be needed to translate his forth-coming statement!

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Daniel_Oriordan's avatar

My fave (Also from Shower Cap Blog) is Circus Peanut Sydney Greenstreet.

It just rolls off the tongue.

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Jac Cabo's avatar

And the time of the birth of Rock 'n Roll!

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Daniel_Oriordan's avatar

I bet you didn't know that Performative Outrage Officers are referred to as POO's.

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mailman27's avatar

100% correct.

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Daniel_Oriordan's avatar

The Scottish term, bawbag (referring to an empty scrotum), is also a fave.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Evan. I'm reading a new book by Elizabeth Warren called Persist. It's great so far.

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Zyxomma's avatar

I'm reading Persist and I just finished the part where Warren eviscerated Bloomberg on the debate stage. I love Liz.

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acchomplished's avatar

King yap-mouth the tiny-handed, grabber of puss.

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MsEdgyNation's avatar

My current fave is Dolt 45. Short and to the point.

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be kind's avatar

That makes me very, very happy. Bureaucrats are always accused of not being much fun, so it's a treat to think of them being cheerful and dance-y.

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